Of everything that +Google​ announced yesterday, this is what's got me pumped the most. I've always loved the idea of wireless music systems like Sonos Connect but at well over £250 there's no way I would ever choose one over Chromecast Audio for £30*

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Albert Billings: Does it work with anything that isn't Chrome? I'd use my Chromecast on my TV a lot more (at all) if it didn't require me to run Chrome to cast things to it.

Raphael “Speedy” Ndem: +Al Billings This is just for Audio. The old Chromecast needed Chrome to run only if you were casting a tab from your Chrome browser on the computer. Otherwise, most media apps allowed you to cast.

With Google Photos, you have a home for all your photos and videos, organized and brought to life, so you can share and save what matters. Today, we’re announcing three new features that help you better find and share the photos and videos that matter, with the people that matter.

Chromecast Support

Better share photos and videos in person, and on the biggest screen, your TV!

Beginning tomorrow, you can cast photos and videos to your TV with Chromecast. Choose what appears on the TV while you browse your library, and even cast photos you just took – photos and videos don’t need to be backed up first.

Chromecast support is rolling out this week on Android and coming soon to iOS.

People Labeling

Label the people in your photos by what you call them, name or nickname.

This week in the U.S. you’ll be able to label the people in your photos however you want - Mom can be “Mom”, “Juliana”, or “Cat Lady” – whatever you choose. These labels are completely private to you and are not associated with a Google account or profile. Once people in your photos are labeled, you can make advanced searches to find photos of people with things, places or people, such as “Mom at the beach” or “Juliana and Marco in Hawaii.”

People labeling is rolling out in the U.S. this week on Android and is coming soon to iOS and the web.

Shared Albums

Gather all your photos and videos from friends and family in one spot, and know as soon as new moments are added.

We’re introducing shared albums later this year – a new, easy way to pool photos and videos with whomever you want, and get updates when new moments are added. There’s no setup involved, and you can use shared albums on any device – Android, iOS, Mac, Windows and Chrome OS.

Stay tuned for updates on when these features are available. For more on today's Google announcements, visit http://goo.gl/klbhET.

Elijah Lynn: Any news on Shared Albums yet? I only ask because you have connections :D.

clive boulton: +Chris Wilson Any chance you are around next Mon 9/21 for a Fireside chat at GDG SEA on Polymer and Web Standards about 30 mins. No slides. I will interview you 1-on-1 with questions? THX

HYng Hwang: All videos from Polymer Summit are available now!

The first ever Polymer Summit in Amsterdam. Tune in as the Polymer Team shares best practices and exciting announcements, and talks about the past, present, and future of the framework.

Nick Felker: That's incredibly stupid and counter productive to modernizing software. There's not a good reason for it either because the TV should have the power, both digitally and physically, to run even complex websites.

David Megginson: +Nick Felker​ — Apple's corporate instincts are generally towards control and closed, not collaboration and open.

They accidentally find themselves on the open side occasionally — for example, promoting HTML5 over Flash, probably because they (wrongly) assumed that HTML5 would never be powerful enough to compete with iOS native apps as a gaming platform — but it's not their go-to position for hardware or software.